George Woodroffe
George Woodroffe (1625 - 1688) was an English politician for a Surrey constituency in the late seventeenth century.[1]
Vernon was born in Poyle and educated at Christ Church, Oxford.[2] He was High Sheriff of Surrey in 1668[3] and was knighted on 19 May 1681. Woodroffe sat as M.P. for Haslemere from 1681 to 1687. He died on 6 December that year.[4]
His son also sat as MP for Haslemere.[5]
Notes
- Robert Beatson, A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807)
- Woodall-Wyvill, Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714
- The Gazette
- History of Parliament On-line I
- History of Parliament On-line II
| Parliament of England | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Francis Dorrington |
Member of Parliament for Haslemere 1681–1687 With: William More George Vernon |
Succeeded by Denzil Onslow |
gollark: That's effectively just UTF-32, which is wildly inefficient.
gollark: ↑
gollark: I mean, C chars, yes, but don't confuse them with ACTUAL chars.
gollark: You should have a vector of bytes and use UTF-8.
gollark: Vector of chars BAD?
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.